Mighty 8th GB 1-Nov-2010 - 31-Oct-2011

I must admit it does look better than the flat PE from the Eduard set, i might try that on my B-17. What size wire did you use.

Thanks, I did the same thing with the engines on the B-17 and that took me pretty much a whole day to do.  I can only do it for so long though, because drilling all those holes can get to you pretty quick.  It is tedious but the end result speaks for itself

O, house move on the cards Doogs. Might be a good chnace for a better modelling room. Maybe with more display space.

red, now thats some wiring job. I used the Eduard PE ones on my B-24 and i could only do one at a time. Nice job.

Almost done (sorry for the bad picture)

Got started on the engine today...I havn't any patience left....

Scorpiomikey

Ill hopefully be starting mine next month. cant wait to get cracking on a 32nd scale kit. Its my first one.Just gotta clear the bench first. 

I'm right there with you! 

A few months ago I decided to ask for a 1/32 P-47 for Christmas. You know, as sort of a "flagship", since my cabinets are nowhere near deep enough for any but the smallest 1/32 kits.

Fast forward to today, and the P-47's been joined by a Hasegawa P-40E, Wingnut Wings Sopwith Pup, and Tamiya Spit Mk. VIII. Oh, and I've got an Eduard Bf-109E-7 on the bench. And Wing-Scale's B-25J on pre-order.

Now I just need to figure out the shelving situation. But the wife wants to trade up to a house with a more kid-friendly yard before the oldest gets too much bigger, so it may be a moot point anyway...

Thanks guys

Clebode

Doogs--Your P-47 is a masterpiece.  Very nice finish with the filters.  Nice subtle chiping on the wing leading edges too! 

Redraider--That is one fine looking office.  What plane does it go in?

The P-47

Doogs--Your P-47 is a masterpiece.  Very nice finish with the filters.  Nice subtle chiping on the wing leading edges too! 

Redraider--That is one fine looking office.  What plane does it go in?

Scorpiomikey  I haven't built any 32nd scale kits myself yet, though got 4 waiting. Think i will wait till i get out of the Army and get a proper space to build in. Looking forward to seeing yours.

Red Looks like you have made a great start, looking good.

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Being snowed in is great.  Besides a dentist appointment and a run to the LHS I spent most of the day building and suprisingly got alot done.  Yesterday the only thing I had done on the P-47 was the green base coat on the cockpit......today I closed her up.  I got the wheel wells painted and the wings assembled, so at this rate I may get to painting the Jug before the P-51 (I'm STILL waiting on Ultracast for a package).

 Just a couple pics of the cockpit

Ill hopefully be starting mine next month. cant wait to get cracking on a 32nd scale kit. Its my first one.Just gotta clear the bench first. 

I_AM_THE_GREATEST  No worries, theres plenty of time. I won't be starting mine till late may, and i'm the host.

doogs, that is a great looking Thunderbolt.  Nice work.

jbrady, the stripes don't seem to be off at all, from the photos.  I saw your P-47 in the OD thread in the aircraft forum and thought it looked great, too.  Keep at it.

sorry but i wont be able to have the b-24 in for about a month or so, i was supposed to get it yesterday, but the usps screwed up. I should have it in a week or so, but i am a very sloooowww modeler.

DoogsATX: I don't know why this is kicking my butt. I've painted those stripes four times now and every time I pull the tape off the stripes are subtly "off". I'm just going to go with what I got. The thing is no matter how well the rest of the model turns out, I will know that those damn stripes are wrong.

And really, I've looked at a lot of built models and yours can stand up to any that I've seen.

jbrady - I still maintain that the "single piece of tape" method works best. The last time I was masking the wing ID bands, I cut the tape to the necessary widtch (this is before I picked up 10mm Tamiya tape), picked out some surface details to use as markers, and laid the tape up top. Once you've got it where you want along the main wing surface, hold it so you're looking straight down on it and ever so gently sort of pull and lower the tape over the flap. I've found that, given the chance, a tape strip that wide will prefer to lay down in a straight line, which is why masking various curved surfaces is such a pain. But it works for the flaps. 

Once you've got the uppers masked, flop it over and do the bottom. Here you have an easier and harder time, because you can use the overhanging tape from up top to align your underside strips. 

After the tape is down, slice through it with an xacto and remove the flaps and paint them separately. I've found this works easier.

Bish - what can I say to that? I'm honored! I look around and I'm in awe of so much of the work that goes on here...I know I've improved a lot from where I was as a teenager...but one of the top around here? I'm not sure about that...

Doogs When i see models like that, i don't know if i should be inspired or just give up the hobby. I know you haven't been on the site very long, but in my book you rank as one of the top aircraft builders on the site.

Thanks all! I really had a blast on this one! Interesting subject and one heck of a great kit!

Little J

Doogs,  you sure did a great job on " Hairless Joe ".  I have a quick question on the port and starboard identification lights.   Did you drill a small divot in the back of the lens to make a bulb then paint them with a clear green and red?  I cannot figure out how you made them look so good.

Tamiya deserves all the credit...the wingtip nav light housings are actually clear pieces, each with a little indentation in them for you to paint clear red/blue. Since they're tiny and curved, they're a PITA to handle, but they look great.

Doogs,  you sure did a great job on " Hairless Joe ".  I have a quick question on the port and starboard identification lights.   Did you drill a small divot in the back of the lens to make a bulb then paint them with a clear green and red?  I cannot figure out how you made them look so good.

DoogsATX: thats a great looking thunderbolt!

DoogsATX: I've been looking forward to the finished product... you didn't disapoint. Love the subtle weathering and the contrast between the colors of upper camo. The filtering really worked well.

jbrady  If you can't get the bands perfect, don't get beat up about it, just do the best you can. The point of thise thing is to enjoy it, not have a break down over it. And if the top looks good, well whos going to see the bottom. And them lines don't look that bad from here.

Doogs Another awsome build Looks great. And that wash has worked great.

And...Hairless Joe is done!

Overall, I have to say this is probably my favorite build yet - both in terms of the kit and the end results. An absolute blast. I foresee many Tamiya Jugs in my future!

O'kay I've resurected "Ill Wind". Fixed all of the damage, stripped back the paint mostly. I lost a lot of panel detail fixing damage around the nose and had to use the AM stabilizers and elevators. One question, is there a defenestration prevention hotline for modelers? If I can't figure a way to line up the ID bands at the wing to flap join this thing is going out the window.

It seems all right on the top, I just can't get the bottom to line up.

Bingo.

OWL I know the feeling. A bit of free time and a few long sessions just got my two swing wing GB entries finished in time.

nvm, i got it, i had to use the direct link

It doesn't look like you have the whole URL, there is no photobucket link there. You have hosted it on another site, correct? It can be hard to explain, especially as i am no computer wizard

Bish

WOW, nice build i wasn't expecting that so soon.I am going to use the black and white one for the front page.

Thanks for joining.

Thanks for all the compliments, guys!  I had a lot of time over the holiday break to work on these models. Yay, vacation!

just did, there is no pic just the link

have u reduced it in size